Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9879 حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَانَ لِي عَبْدٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهُ وَجَعَلْتُهُ سَائِبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يُسَيِّبُونَ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ تُسَيِّبُ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَأَنْتَ وَلِيُّ نِعْمَتِهِ وَأَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمِيرَاثِهِ فَإِنْ تَحَرَّجْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَرِنَاهُ نَجْعَلْهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ
English Translation
A man came to Ibn Mas'ud and said: 'I had a slave and I freed him, making him a sa'ibah [free in the way of Allah].' Abdullah said: 'The people of Islam do not make sa'ibah. That was only done by the people of Jahiliyyah. You are the patron of his blessing and the most entitled to his inheritance. If you feel uneasy about anything, show it to us and we will place it in the public treasury.'